Paraíso, Costa Rica

District in Paraíso canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica

District in Cartago, Costa Rica

9°50′36″N 83°50′47″W / 9.8432319°N 83.8463144°W / 9.8432319; -83.8463144Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCantonParaísoFounded1823Area

• Total19.5 km² (7.5 sq mi)Elevation

1,325 m (4,347 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total20,601 • Density1,100/km² (2,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

30201

Paraíso (Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈiso]) is a district of the Paraíso canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

History

It was established in 1823.^[3]

Paraíso has an area of 19.5 km²^[4] and an elevation of 1,325 metres.^[1] It is located 8 km southeast of Cartago.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	1,882	—
1883	1,904	1.2%
1892	1,899	−0.3%
1927	3,048	60.5%
1950	4,013	31.7%
1963	7,225	80.0%
1973	10,211	41.3%
1984	14,880	45.7%
2000	33,398	124.4%
2011	20,601	−38.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

As of the 2011 census, Paraíso has a population of 20,601 inhabitants.^[7]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Paraíso has one sister city:^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, 1952 Edition, p. 1428
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Online Directory: Florida, USA." Retrieved on June 20, 2007. Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine